Im just waiting for technology to increase enough so we can build these things out of plastic... that will be the day.
Now dont get me wrong... wood electronics are great... but wouldnt plastic be awesome?
heres the way I see it. the video game industry will only truly grow with innovation. This innovation must come in both hardware and software.
Quite frankly, the Xbox 360 and PS3 dont apear to be in any way innovative. The PS1 and PS2 managed to spark a little innovation when they introduced the Dual Shock Analog controllers. never before had we been able to controll the characters in our games with 2 little joysticks in our palms. and with it came some greatly interesting games, like Ape Escape. now with the new PS3 controller, the onyl thing taht seems to have changed, is the look of it, for better or worse. same thing with the Xbox 360.
Sure a more powerful processor will allow developers to do fun new things with their games... but how many do you think really will?
faster processors are allowing developers to intricately use real time physics interactions to create new gameplay dynamics... btu this is the only real gain i am seeing from the more powerful systems, other than graphics.
As far as i can tell. Sony and Microsoft arent interested in furthering the game industry, and creating fun new systems. theya re jsut interested in making the same old games as pretty as they can be, and makign a fortune. And the average consumer and fanboy isnt helping. cuz lets face it. if Sony were to ditch the controller, and make soemthign truly new... people woudl scream and holler about their perfect controller they love so much... i mean, a lot of people are really freaked out by the relatively small changes to the PS3 controller.
Thats the 2 big guys... but then theres Nintendo. I think Nintendo is the only one really trying to push the game industry, atm. looking at the Nintendo DS and the Revolution.
I own a Nintendo DS, and i love it. its very fun playign witht he stylus, doign thigns i havent really ben able to do before in games. but then came the PSP... with its graphics! oh, the graphics! its jsut a rehashed playstation with a smaller screen... and oh, i guess its easier to carry with you. I am really lookign forward to future games for the DS, like Nintendogs. as silly as it is, its something new, and exciting.
And the Revolution... with its fabled controller we still havent seen, with its possible gyroscope and touch screen. think of the possibilities... so many new great things you coudl do with that!
also, Nintendo is the only company i see really putting out new, interesting, and incredibly fun games...
ofcourse the more power int he system, the more potential for quality games... but there needs to be more thought put into things otehr than pure power, or video games are going to get stale, and people will stop playign them...
in my mind, Nintendo is still the industry leader, because they are the only ones innovating. But if Sony and Microsoft can keep brainwashign the public with their hype... I dont know if Nintendo can hold on too much longer:/
I will definately read through this when I have a little time to spare.
I've been wanting to set up a dual boot with a linux distro and Windows XP, to see if I could realistically make the switch to Linux in the near future... a friend of mine suggested SuSe to me, and I have the ISO burned on a disc and ready to go when I format my old HDD which is currently not being used. But I'll def read through this to see if there is another distro that apeals more to me.
ive downloaded my share of movies, TV and games off of bittorent. But i try to be halfways legit about it. when i DL a game, it is usualyl because there is no demo, or i thought the demo was too limited, and if i like the game, i will buy it or delete it shortly thereafter (and let it seed a while, ofcourse;) )
but a perfect example of how somone will profit from my using bittorent to DL TV shows is this:
a couple weeks ago, a friend of mine told me to check out the show Lost. i Dled the first 2 episodes, and was istantly hooked. ive downloaded and watched about 1-2 episodes a day since then, and am almsot done with the season... and come Sept 3, i believe, when the DVD is reelased, i will be the first in line to pay the $60 or so for it!
im not saying that this fully justifies "stealing" the show... its more like walking into a store and stealign a 25 cent piece of candy (pretend it exists), then comign back the next day, and buying $20 worth of goods, to make up for it... but its a whole lot better than just stealing the candy, eh?
I've known about this for years... which is why I rarely do homework... and I'm geting soemthing like $6000 a year from the college im attending, for my good grades, so I must be doing soemthing right... right?
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Im just waiting for technology to increase enough so we can build these things out of plastic... that will be the day. Now dont get me wrong... wood electronics are great... but wouldnt plastic be awesome?
heres the way I see it. the video game industry will only truly grow with innovation. This innovation must come in both hardware and software. Quite frankly, the Xbox 360 and PS3 dont apear to be in any way innovative. The PS1 and PS2 managed to spark a little innovation when they introduced the Dual Shock Analog controllers. never before had we been able to controll the characters in our games with 2 little joysticks in our palms. and with it came some greatly interesting games, like Ape Escape. now with the new PS3 controller, the onyl thing taht seems to have changed, is the look of it, for better or worse. same thing with the Xbox 360. Sure a more powerful processor will allow developers to do fun new things with their games... but how many do you think really will? faster processors are allowing developers to intricately use real time physics interactions to create new gameplay dynamics... btu this is the only real gain i am seeing from the more powerful systems, other than graphics. As far as i can tell. Sony and Microsoft arent interested in furthering the game industry, and creating fun new systems. theya re jsut interested in making the same old games as pretty as they can be, and makign a fortune. And the average consumer and fanboy isnt helping. cuz lets face it. if Sony were to ditch the controller, and make soemthign truly new... people woudl scream and holler about their perfect controller they love so much... i mean, a lot of people are really freaked out by the relatively small changes to the PS3 controller. Thats the 2 big guys... but then theres Nintendo. I think Nintendo is the only one really trying to push the game industry, atm. looking at the Nintendo DS and the Revolution. I own a Nintendo DS, and i love it. its very fun playign witht he stylus, doign thigns i havent really ben able to do before in games. but then came the PSP... with its graphics! oh, the graphics! its jsut a rehashed playstation with a smaller screen... and oh, i guess its easier to carry with you. I am really lookign forward to future games for the DS, like Nintendogs. as silly as it is, its something new, and exciting. And the Revolution... with its fabled controller we still havent seen, with its possible gyroscope and touch screen. think of the possibilities... so many new great things you coudl do with that! also, Nintendo is the only company i see really putting out new, interesting, and incredibly fun games... ofcourse the more power int he system, the more potential for quality games... but there needs to be more thought put into things otehr than pure power, or video games are going to get stale, and people will stop playign them... in my mind, Nintendo is still the industry leader, because they are the only ones innovating. But if Sony and Microsoft can keep brainwashign the public with their hype... I dont know if Nintendo can hold on too much longer :/
I will definately read through this when I have a little time to spare. I've been wanting to set up a dual boot with a linux distro and Windows XP, to see if I could realistically make the switch to Linux in the near future... a friend of mine suggested SuSe to me, and I have the ISO burned on a disc and ready to go when I format my old HDD which is currently not being used. But I'll def read through this to see if there is another distro that apeals more to me.
ive downloaded my share of movies, TV and games off of bittorent. But i try to be halfways legit about it. when i DL a game, it is usualyl because there is no demo, or i thought the demo was too limited, and if i like the game, i will buy it or delete it shortly thereafter (and let it seed a while, ofcourse ;) )
but a perfect example of how somone will profit from my using bittorent to DL TV shows is this:
a couple weeks ago, a friend of mine told me to check out the show Lost. i Dled the first 2 episodes, and was istantly hooked. ive downloaded and watched about 1-2 episodes a day since then, and am almsot done with the season... and come Sept 3, i believe, when the DVD is reelased, i will be the first in line to pay the $60 or so for it!
im not saying that this fully justifies "stealing" the show... its more like walking into a store and stealign a 25 cent piece of candy (pretend it exists), then comign back the next day, and buying $20 worth of goods, to make up for it... but its a whole lot better than just stealing the candy, eh?
I've known about this for years... which is why I rarely do homework... and I'm geting soemthing like $6000 a year from the college im attending, for my good grades, so I must be doing soemthing right... right?